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The Eggs arc firft put upon Mats in the lower Ovens, which 
are upon the ground; fevcn or eight Thoufand Eggs in Dum- 
ber • and laid only doUbieone upon another. 
In the Ovens above thefe lower, the Fire is made ia long 
Heart,hs or little Channels, having fome depth to receive the 
Fire : ffoni Whence th^ beat is donveyed into rhe lower Ovens 
before mentioned. The Eggs which are direfily under rhcfe 
Hearths, lie treble oneupon another ; the reft,as was faid,onfy 
double. 
At Night, when they new-make the Fires in the Hearths 
above-mention'd ; they then remove rhe Eggs ihar were df- 
reflly undermoft (lying three ope upon another) in the place 
of thofe which lay on the fides only double: and thefe being 
now removed, they lay treble under the Hearth, becaufe the 
heat is greater there, tban oi) the fides where the Eggs are only 
double. 
ttefe Eggs continue in the lower Ovens fourteen days and 
nights : Afterwards they remove them into the upper Ovens 5 
which are juft over thelowen In thefe (there beingnow no 
more Fire ufed) they turn all the Eggs four times every day ; 
ue. in every 24 hours* 
The 2 1 or 22 day the Chicken are hatched : which the firft 
day eat not ; the fecond, they are fetch'd awdy by Women, 
who give them Corn, &c. 
The Mafter of the Ovens hath a third part of the Eggs for 
his coft and pains : out of which, he is to make fuch good 
nntb the Owners (who have two thirds inChicken for their 
Eggs) if any happen tobefpoiledormifcatry. 
The Fire in the upper Ovens, when the Eggs are placed in 
the lower, is thus proportioned : 
The firft day, thegreateft Fire^ The fecond, lefs than the 
firft. The third, lefs. The fourth, more than the third. The 
fifth, lefs. The fixth, more than the fifth. The feventh, lefs. 
The eighth, more. The ninth, without fire. Thetenth, a little 
fire in the Morning. The eleventh, they fliut all the holes with 
Flax, &c. making no more fire for if they (hould, the Eggs 
would break* 
They take care, that the Eggs^be no hotter than the Eye of 
a man^ when they are laid upon it, can well endure. 
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